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COLUMBUS–Senator Peggy Lehner (R–Kettering) today praised the announcement of 800 new, Ohio jobs being created in Montgomery County. The company, Fuyao North America Glass Company, will invest more than $200 million into the project.

The official announcement was made with company executives in the Governor’s Cabinet Room in the Ohio Statehouse this morning.

“Like much of Ohio, Dayton was impacted by the great recession in ways still felt today,” Lehner said. “Although we’ve made extraordinary strides, it’s easy to focus on empty factories like the one in Moraine as a reminder of the job losses we experienced. Today’s jobs announcement is just one example of great things happening across the state, and it serves as a testament to the hard workers who make Dayton a world-class place to do business.”

The agreement bringing the company to Ohio was signed in the Statehouse today with company executives and Governor John Kasich. Fuyao is expected to purchase more than 1 million square feet of space in the Moraine plant.

Among the expected 800 employees the company plans to hire will be those skilled in production, engineering, maintenance, and management.

COLUMBUS - State Senator Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) will join lawmakers and education leaders on Tuesday to announce reforms aimed at addressing cycles of poverty by helping keep students with disciplinary concerns on the path to diploma attainment.

"Educators in this state are under an unbelievable amount of pressure, much of which has nothing to do with their primary role in preparing our next generation of Ohioans for success in the 21st Century economy," said Lehner.

“This was a very challenging budget but I feel overall that the neediest in our state have been protected and I hope that the conference committee will continue building on the work that has been done," said Lehner, who serves as a member of the Senate Finance Committee that is charged with balancing the state's two-year budget. "I am especially proud of what we were able to achieve in supporting children in drug-affected families."